Acne bacteria found in grapevines named for Frank Zappa

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The late rock musician Frank Zappa has his name on some creative compositions, but this may be a first: Researchers have attached his name to a bacteria best known for causing human acne, but now they've found a form of it in grapevines.

Don't worry, unlike in teenagers, the strain that evolved to live in the vines doesn't bother the grapes at all. No need for Clearasil on your zinfandel.

The researchers gave the bacteria an unlikely name, Propionibacterium acnes type Zappae, to honor Zappa.

The research group is based at the Center for Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems and Bioresources in San Michele all'Adige, Italy. They were looking at the microbiome, the community of microorganisms that live in grapevines.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/18/acne-bacteria-frank-zappa-grapes/5560493/

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1. "this was a unique transfer of a human bacteria to a plant"

Their paper suggests this was a unique transfer of a human bacteria to a plant.

David Mills, a professor of viticulture and enology at the University of California-Davis, suggests such transfers are more common than is realized. As testing gets more precise, scientists are finding that bacteria have found homes in many previously unsuspected places.

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2. I nominate this headline...

...for the DU "WTF? Well OK, Now I Have To Click It" Award. I think we should call them the "Foxtrots".

[DreamGypsy]

3. Wow. Hot Zitz on Hot Zins. Unknown to scientists for ~85 centuries.

Zappa "was of Italian heritage and zappa means 'hoe' in Italian.

...that's hoe, not ho, but...



The song Willie the Pimp debuted on the Hot Rats album (1969), with Captain Beefheart on vocals. Ranked Number 75 on the Rolling Stone The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.

I'm a little pimp with my hair gassed back
Pair a khaki pants with my shoe shined black

Got a little lady . . . walk the street
Tellin' all the boys that she cain't be beat

Twenny dollah bill (I can set you straight)
Meet me onna corner boy 'n don't be late

Man in a suit with a bow-tie neck
Wanna buy a grunt with a third party check

Standin' onna porch of the Lido Hotel
Floozies in the lobby love the way I sell:
HOT MEAT
HOT RATS
HOT CATS
HOT RITZ
HOT ROOTS
HOT SOOTS

HOT MEAT
HOT RATS
HOT CATS
HOT ZITZ
HOT ROOTS
HOT SOOTS